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![“Mortal City was really influenced by geography. [The song] "The Ocean" is the Pacific Northwest. Southern California and New York also figure into songs, and Iowa. "February" is very much about New England. "Mortal City" is Philadelphia. The whole album is this anthropomorphized landscape where…” quote by Dar Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/dar-williams-3902_albums_mortal-city-was-really-influenced-by-geo_2547350.jpg)
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![“I campaigned for [Barack] Obama for more than a year. I was in Iowa, Minnesota, California, Arizona - just traveling around to help get the word out. It was such a huge, spirited campaign, and so positive. But you travel around to cities in the U.S. now and there's just this hopelessness that has…” quote by Scarlett Johansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/scarlett-johansson-2233_administration_i-campaigned-for-barack-obama-for-more-t_1831554.jpg)
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